Foot-support for boot-blacks&#39; stands.



'No. 729,585.- J I 7 PATENTBD JUNE 2, 1903.

F. HODES. FOOT SUPPORT FOR BOOT BLACKS STANDS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25,1902.

N0 MODEL.

ATTORNEYS i W/T/VESS s m l/E/VTOI? Franz? J/ des Patented June 2, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK HODES', OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOOT-SUPPORT FOR BOOT-BLACKS STANDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729, 585, dated June 2, 1908. Application filed August 26, 1902. Serial No. 121,070. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK HODES, a citizen of the-United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot Supports for Boot- Blacks Stands, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved foot-support for a boot-blaeks stand; andthe invention consists in providing an ordinary foot-support for a boot-blacks stand with a detachable plate having a detachable rubber cushion secured thereto.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following speeification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which- -Figure l is a side view of a foot-support for a boot-blacks stand made according to my invention; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in the drawings, I provide a foot-support for a boot-blacks stand consisting of an upright at, having a top member (6*, which is connected therewith in any desired manner and which is preferably held in an inclined position. The top member a is cut away at the rear end, as shown at'a so as to receive the heel, and connected with the member (1, is a plate I), which is also provided with a depressed rear portion, as shown at 11*, and the edges of the plate b are provided with a flange 1/,having flexible tongues or projections I)". ()u the top of the plate I) and over both the front and rear portions thereol' I place a rubber cushion or cushions c, 'provided with transverse ribs or projecti0ns,as shown, and the cushion or cushions c are held in place by bending the tongues or projectionsb over the edges thereof; Whenever the cushion or cushions are worn, they may be substituted by new ones, all that is necessary in order to do this being to bend upwardly the tongues or projections b and remove the 01d cushion or cushions and place new ones in position and bend back the tongues or projections b. The plate 12' is provided at each end with downwardly-directed members b, by which.

it is secured to the top portion a of the foot support, screws or other devices b being employed for this purpose, and the said plate is thus made detachable from the foot-support.

My invention is not limited to the shape ofthe top member a of the foot-support nor to the material of, which it is composed, and changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A foot-support for a boot-blacks stand,,said support being provided with a top member, and a detachable plate secured thereto, said plate being provided with side flanges having flexible tongues or projections and a detachable rubber pad or cushion placed on-said plate and held in place by said tongues or projections, substantially as shown and described.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention have signed myname, in presence of. the subscribing witnesses, this 25th day oi. August, 1903.

' FRANK llODJGb. Witnesses:

'l. A. brnwnn'r, (1. E. MULREANY. 

